Social Media:

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Defining Social Media

"Websites and applications that enable

users to create and share content or to

participate in social networking.”

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-Oxford dictionary

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Social Media

has become a

HUGE

part of society

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DID YOU KNOW?

There are over 19 million

Facebook users in Canada

Canadians who are online spend an

average of 17.2 hours a week

on social media

Canadians watch an

average of 1 hour per day

of online videos

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Statistic from Chris Breikss, 2012 Photo by Paola Peralta

Statistic from Chris Breikss, 2012 Photo by Youtube

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So what?

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WHAT DOES IT MATTER

Social Media helps us do things.

Information courtesy of http://socialnetworking.procon.org/

Social Media has been good

for the economy.

Information courtesy of http://socialnetworking.procon.org/

But do we experience

TOO MUCH social media?

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It’s Everywhere.

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Some food for thought…

Social media

represents

the #1

internet

activity

Statistics retrieved from http://www.businessinsider.com/social-media-engagement-statistics-2013-12 and http://www.cnbc.com/id/100275798

The NEGATIVE impact

of social media

of bullied teens are targeted

through Facebook

- Dailymail

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of employers have found social

media-based information that has

refrained them from employing

potential workers -Mindflash.com

87 % 35 %

of divorces in the US have been linked

to Facebook

-Third Age

61 %

of American girls use social

media to make themselves

appear “cooler”

-Study by Girl Scouts of America

74 %

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represents the population of

American teens who used texting as

a means of communication in 2009,

doubling from 2006 when it was 27 %.

-Pew Research Center

54 %

The percentage of

productivity in the office that

Facebook reduces.

-Nucleus Research

1.5 %

More effects

of internet sex crimes in

America are initiated via a

social networking site

-Journal of Adolescent Health

29 %

= an unsafe, unhappy,

unemployed global

population that is no

longer able to

communicate face to

face?

How did we used to spend our time?

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According to distractify.com,

Americans spend 90 % of

their lives indoors.

Some statistics: In 2010, Canadians

spent approximately

1.4 hours less on

ACTIVE leisure

activities (compared

to 1998) … = More time

spent online?

-hrsdc.gc.ca

Canadians use the most

social media out of every

country in the world; 82 %

of Canadians belong to

some sort of social

network.

-canadiansinternet.com

Leisure time is used to

describe time spent away

from work and/or other

responsibilities – a very

important aspect of living

a well-balanced life.

-hrsdc.gc.ca

In the year 2000, only

12.1 % of Canadians

had broadband

internet. This

percentage increased

to 97 % in 2012.

-crtc.gc.ca

Have we just simply entered a new age?

Perhaps social media use is

just a trend..

After all, there was a time

when owning even a television

set was not the social norm.

Eventually, it may phase out,

and we will be more

concerned with completely

different issues.

May be more of a balancing act

If social media use is here to stay, it should be balanced with

other activities, and monitored for its safe use, so that it is

ENHANCING our lives, and serving a necessary purpose.

Take-home messages

My own personal social media images

Flipbook by Megan Ellison,

FILM 260.

Thanks for viewing!